Is Toolbox for Google Play Store™ safe?
Toolbox for Google Play Store sends Google Play package names to APKMirror to check app availability.
When you view Google Play app pages or enabled app-listing buttons, the content script collects the app package names it sees and asks the background worker to check them. The worker sends up to 100 package names at a time as JSON to APKMirror's app_exists API, then caches the availability result for the extension's buttons.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itArtem Russakovskii - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Artem Russakovskii - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.0.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on play.google.com
*://play.google.com/*
Read and change your data on www.apkmirror.com
*://www.apkmirror.com/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Toolbox for Google Play Store™ contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- www.apkmirror.com
Toolbox for Google Play Store™ sends data to www.apkmirror.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.